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9). The former is transporting sea ice (and entrained sediments) 48 Arctic Ocean Sediments: Processes, Proxies and Palaeoenvironment from the Canadian Arctic into the central Arctic, the latter shows a direct transport of sea ice (and entrained sediments) across the central Arctic towards Fram Strait. 9). 6). In terms of transport rates, the exchange with the North Atlantic is most important. 5 Sv of waters enters the Arctic through Fram Strait (even 3– 5 Sv according to Woodgate, Schauer, & Fahrbach, 1998), and B2 Sv flow into the Arctic via Barents Sea.

2000b). The grey-shaded areas indicate water depths shallower than 2,000 m. , 1999); the dashed-dot-dashed line shows the drift paths of the T3-ice island across Alpha Ridge; CT, drift pattern of the CESAR experiment; H1^3 soundings performed by Hunkins (1961); NP, North Pole; LR, Lomonosov Ridge (from Jokat, 2003). (B) Pro¢le 98540 running perpendicular to Alpha Ridge. The basement is rougher close to the escarpment near shot point 1200. Weak re£ections indicate that older sediments might outcrop at the escarpment.